The million pound limit.

[davywavy]

"Come off it, David. You're hardly picky. Get you drunk and you'd cop off with Gordon Brown."
"I most certainly would not."
"Not even very drunk?"
"No!"
"Well... I bet you'd do it for a million quid."
"Yeah, no problem."

There's something about the figure of a million quid which does something inside people's brains and makes them turn off their discriminatory faculties. When I was a member of the debating society at school we once had a debate on whether or not prostitution should be legalised, and I got the chair of the 'No' team to concede that "for a million quid [she]'d do it if he had three heads". Mention a million quid, and suddenly all kinds of principled objections (or just plain good sense) go out of the window.
The converstaion above quickly turned into an exploration of what I would do for a million quid, and it rapidly became clear just how mercenary I am compared to some other people.

But still...it's Friday and, as usual, you aren't doing any work. So...

What would you do for a million quid which you wouldn't ordinarily do?

[Poll #1643607]

Comments

[raggedhalo.livejournal.com]

How long would I have to keep the five stone on for?

As for voting weird, are we talking Tory-level of despising or BNP-level?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

When i was asked, I took it as gain the five stone but then i could lose it again, but I still had to think about it very hard.

As for political parties, I mean despise. The actual question I was asked was whether I'd vote labour for a million quid, and I didn't have time to blink before saying yes.

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

As someone with the dubious achievement of having lost five stone, I don't think it would actually be that hard to lose five that you'd deliberately gained.

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

As a note "run" should read "wobble unpleasantly at a fairly fast shuffle" but you get the idea ;)

[(Anonymous)]

If I ever win the Euromillions it looks like Oxford Street is in for an entertaining spectacle

H

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

I am totally expecting to have a million quid's worth of liquid assets by the time I'm 50 anyway, even if I don't invent the better-lasting mousebulb or become an international econometrist rockstar. That kind of robs it of its magical properties.

It'll only be worth £221,000 in 2010 money, though.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Devaluation is a bithc, isn't it? Don't hold liquid assets! Fixed assets which appreciate against inflation FTW!

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

I should have probably said "easily liquidated assets", but about 15% of it will probably be genuinely liquid at any given point.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Blimey. In this market I'm constantly overdrawn, as inflation is busily reducing the value of my debt.

[davegodfrey.livejournal.com]

Gin or mercury? ;)

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

A compound of the two, called Gircury.

[ex-nina.livejournal.com]

I'd drink that for a million quid.

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

It'd both get you pissed and give you the runs.

[vampyrefate.livejournal.com]

Intriguing.

I always think a million is a good place to negotiate people down from.
"If you'd do X for a million, would you also do it for 999,999.00?" and so on.

You'd be surprised how low some people's principles can be bought for :-)

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I did consider titling this post with the "We know what sort of woman you are, now we're just haggling over the price" quote.

[elbly.livejournal.com]

My "Any others" ticky box... hell! For a million quid I'd have a night of passion with you!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Will you take a cheque?

[elbly.livejournal.com]

Depends... how high will it bounce?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

You know, if my mum didn't read my LJ I'd totally give a smutty answer to that question.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Don't you do that for free?

[(Anonymous)]

Statistically, it appears that people would rather have a toe amputated than spend the night with Gordon Brown.

Them numbers don't lie.

H

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

This is what science is all about!

[ditzy-pole.livejournal.com]

For some people having their teeth removed would be doing them a favour...

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It struck me that I could afford new, better teeth with a million quid.

[ditzy-pole.livejournal.com]

Good point.

I would like my million in installments so it doesn't tempt me to I don't go looney having so much money all at once.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Oh, like that'd stop you.

[ditzy-pole.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have a plan! I know exactly how I'd spend my million. And the first half is very sensibly.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

On me!

[ditzy-pole.livejournal.com]

I'll swap you my million with yours!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

If you get a million quid, I'll buy it off your for a hundred billion dollars.

[ditzy-pole.livejournal.com]

At what exchange rate?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

One hundred thousand dollars to the pound.

Blimey, what a great deal, eh? Sign up nop!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Tsk! If only we had a furute fair for all, eh?

[(Anonymous)]

Work hard.

But not if said million turned into £4y0k after tax. If I'm going to work like a dog, I want 2/3 of my earnings.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Really I'm a bottle of gin from running down Oxford Street naked anyway.

So, that's a pretty good deal.